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‘It also represents the Min-Yue culture characterized by its contacts with the outside world and great emphasis on mercantile entrepreneurship.’

‘Though not a rich man, my brother had earned a sufficient income in mercantile pursuits.’

‘The policy itself, however, was a devastating blow to China's coastal economy and her once thriving maritime mercantile ventures, creating a void later to be filled by the European trading powers.’

‘In this respect, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside seems in effect to mirror an early phase of the radical expansion and rise to economic prominence of London's commercial and mercantile estates.’

‘The construction of a railroad inspired the establishment of freight and mercantile businesses, and farmers grew fields of hay for horses and other pack animals.’

‘Attracted by the spice trade, English mercantile interests spread first to the Far East.’

‘Just as the ‘country’ banks regarded the notes of the eastern mercantile banks as equivalent to specie, so did the state banks regard the notes and drafts of the Bank of the United States.’

‘William did not assume his grandfather's title, which had lapsed on his death, but he did inherit the residue of the baronet's extensive property, and his mercantile and shipbuilding businesses at Kittery.’